Conus hoaraui

Conus hoaraui
Shell of Conus hoaraui (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. hoaraui
Binomial name
Conus hoaraui
(Monnier & Limpalaër, 2015)
Synonyms[1]
  • Conus (Splinoconus) hoaraui (Monnier & Limpalaër, 2015) · accepted, alternate representation
  • Kioconus hoaraui Monnier & Limpalaër, 2015 (original combination)

Conus hoaraui is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]

These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of stinging humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.

Description

The size of the shell can reach 29.2 mm.[2]

Distribution

This marine species in the Indian Ocean off Réunion.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus hoaraui (Monnier & Limpalaër, 2015). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=842850 on 2015-10-07
  2. ↑ "Revision of the Kioconus caillaudi complex. Description of two new endemic Kioconus (Gastropoda, Conidae): K. hoaraui n. sp., from La Réunion and K. malcolmi, from the Red Sea". Xenophora Taxonomy. 7: 15–26.
  3. ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Conus hoaraui (Monnier & Limpalaër, 2015)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-04-22.


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